

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Acting
Willis's physicality sells decades of regret without dialogue.
Direction
Donner's final film: old school tension, zero flash.
Writing
Richard Wenk's script trusts silence over explosions.

Director
Richard Donner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donner shot two endings; the theatrical cut's ambiguity tested better, but the alternate exists on DVD.
Yasiin Bey (then Mos Def) insisted on doing his own running—those exhausted breaths are real.
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